Port Jefferson, N.Y.-based St. Charles Hospital is opening a “micro” credit union inside its facility for hospital employees and families of patients, Long Island Business News reported Oct. 19.
Category: cybersecurity
North Carolina hospital suffers data breach
Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health disclosed that it suffered a data breach affecting 1,943 patients, The Fayetteville Observer reported Oct. 20.
Prospect Medical hit with lawsuit over patient data breach
Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings is facing a lawsuit that alleges it failed to protect patients’ health information from a ransomware attack.
Health data still being transmitted to Big Tech, study finds
Healthcare websites continue to transmit patients’ personal and health data to Big Tech companies, Bloomberg reported.
How a CommonSpirit ER nurse handled the ransomware attack
A nurse with Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health compared the 2022 ransomware attack on the health system to a “virus” that had the potential to be every bit as deadly.
5 ransomware gangs targeting hospitals
Government officials have warned U.S. hospitals about the threat posed by ransomware gangs targeting patient data such as Clop and LockBit.
Data breach at vendor could affect MUSC Health
MUSC Health, based in Charleston, S.C., said patients’ protected health information may have been compromised as its research support and services provider, Westat, was caught in the massive MOVEit hack.
Healthcare data breaches surge
Healthcare data breaches reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights are set to double last year’s total, Politico reported Oct. 17.
Feds warn of new ransomware threat targeting hospitals
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) is warning hospitals of NoEscape, a ransomware group that emerged in May 2023.
Ransomware group steals 5TB of sensitive data from Illinois hospital
The Black Cat/AlphV ransomware group has claimed to have leaked 5TB of patients’ and employees’ information from Morrison (Ill.) Community Hospital, SecurityAffairs reported Oct. 15.
